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2004 BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP

CHILTON'S MAIDEN WIN; MULLER'S 150TH RACE

19 year old Tom Chilton's first ever win.
Reigning champion Yvan Muller had his 150th BTCC race on Sunday. He made his debut in 1998.

SILVERSTONE: 2004 BRITISH TOURING CAR CHAMPIONSHIP

R7, 8, 9 ; MAY 9 SILVERSTONE

• 2003 WINNERS:
• Thompson (Vauxhall), Mulller (Vauxhall)
• 2003 pole: Thompson, 1m 28.277s

RACE RESULTS:

19 Y.O CHILTON'S MAIDEN WIN

• Tom Chilton's win in Race 3 makes him the youngest ever BTTC winner.
  "... Finally! ... It's been a long time. I was braking three car lengths earlier as I knew if I got a good run I could have them".
• Yvan Muller missed the final race after his car had oil leak during the formation lap.
• Anthony Reid has been penalised (10 sec) for pushing Thompson in Race 3. Reid finished 2nd but will now be relegated down to 4th after penalty.
  THOMPSON: "... The bloke just turned me around and then I just got hit by everybody else.He's a clown - he should be juggling balls in the circus. Yes, I'm pretty cheesed off about it. There were a load of culprits who didn't attempt to overtake, just punt me out the way.Very frustrating"

RACE 1

• 1 Matt NEAL Honda Civic Type-R, 16 laps
• 2 Yvan MULLER Vauxhall Astra Coupe +3.4s
• 3 Jason PLATO SEAT Toledo Cupra +6s
• 4 THOMPSON, Vauxhall
• 5 EAVES, Honda
• 6 REID, MG
• 7 BREEZE 8 HINES 9 BURT 10 HUFF

RACE 2

• 1 James THOMPSON Vauxhall Astra Coupe, 16 laps
• 2 Yvan MULLER Vauxhall Astra Coupe +3.2s
• 3 Anthony REID, MG ZS +3.4s
• 4 BURT, Vauxhall
• 5 TURKINGTON, MG
• 6 EAVES, Honda
• 7 HUFF 8 NEAL 9 PLATO 10 CHILTON

RACE 3

• ORIGINAL PLACING
• 1 Tom CHILTON Honda Civic Type-R, 16 laps
• 2 Anthony Reid, MG ZS +1.1s *** result before 10 sec penalty ***
• 3 Jason PLATO SEAT Toledo Cupra +5s
• 4 HUFF, Seat
• 5 BREEZE, Alfa
• 6 EAVES, Honda
• 7 THOMPSON 8 NEAL 9 KAYE 10 BENTWOOD
• REVISED PLACING AFTER PENALTY FOR REID
• 1 Tom CHILTON Honda Civic Type-R, 16 laps
• 2 Jason PLATO SEAT Toledo Cupra +5s
• 3 HUFF, Seat
• 4 Anthony Reid, MG ZS

QUALIFYING:

SEAT & PLATO ON POLE

PLATO (SEAT): "... That was fantastic ... After the weekend we had at Brands Hatch we’ve come right back with a great performance. We had a bit of a plan. I needed to have hot tyres on the rear so we ran with wets on the back to start with until the slicks got up to temperature. I thought I’d messed up because I did one too many laps on the wets, but it worked out ok. It’s really good, and we’ve got some new updates on the car that seem to be doing the job.”

GRID. MAY 8, 2004:

• 1 Jason PLATO SEAT Toledo Cupra, 1m 34.091
• 2 James THOMPSON Vauxhall Astra Coupe +0.07s
• 3 Matt NEAL Honda Civic Type-R +0.15
• 4 EAVES Honda Civic Type-R +0.25
• 5 CHILTON Honda Civic Type-R +0.34
• 6 TURKINGTON MG ZS
• 7 COLLARD 8 MULLER 9 KAYE 10 HINES 11 REID 12 BUTLER-HENDERSON 13 HUFF 14 BREEZE 15 BENTWOOD 16 BURT

PRACTICE:

• 1 Jason PLATO SEAT Toledo Cupra
• 2 MULLER, Vauxhall +0.29
• 3 REID, MG +0.54
• 4 NEAL Honda Civic Type-R +0.65
• 5 EAVES Honda Civic Type-R +0.9
• 6 THOMPSON Vauxhall Astra Coupe +1.01
• 7 BURT 8 CHILTON 9 HINES 10 TURKINGTON

PRE RACE QUOTES:

• HINES (VAUXHALL): "... I learnt a lot at Brands Hatch ... It was a mixed weekend for me in terms of results, but to take my first win so early in the season is just fantastic. The extra weight of the success ballast has a major effect on the car, but I will be going to Silverstone with the advantage of racing in a lighter car. I have every intention of closing the gap to James and Yvan and making it into the top three in the drivers championship."

• THOMPSON (VAUXHALL): "... The success ballast played a crucial role at Brands Hatch, and I'm sure it will at Silverstone. We know the Astra handles well with the extra weight but I'll be carrying the maximum, so it will be difficult to get a good qualifying position. As always we will be working on getting the most out of the weekend, and aiming to take as many points as we can."

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